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Published in: democraciaAbiertaIs Puebla like Bogotá? The geography of drug trafficking in Mexico
Puebla is like Bogotá thirty years ago. Like Puebla today, Bogotá was full of investors, housing developments and...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhat Corbyn has to learn from Monedero in Spain
The sharp irruption of Podemos in Spain was seen with fear by the establishment, and they went after him. The same...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe art of resistance in Cuba
Danilo Maldonado, the Cuban graffiti artist commonly known as “El Sexto”, is fighting prison with paper. Since...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDemocratized secession in Scotland and Catalonia
Democracy does not end secessionism, it transforms it by providing a socio-political foundation, the ability to...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe end of the progressive narrative in Latin America
Protests against President Dilma Rousseff are a turning point in the breakup between government and citizens in...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaRefugee crisis in Europe: remember Latin America
This is not only a European crisis but a global one, and it should be approached as such, involving nations...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBolivia: how many more dead women are needed for us to change?
With cases of women killed piling up, Bolivian society finds itself at a crucial turning point: to change and leave...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe Portuguese way is not the way for Greece
Portugal, as its Prime Minister says, is proud to have contributed to an agreement that has dealt the last blow to...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhy do indigenous communities rise up?
By eliminating indigenous educational autonomy, the government impoverishes the plurinational and multicultural...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBananas and the continuing violation of human rights in Ecuador
A persistent employers’ abuse of power and a lack of control by the Ecuadorian State make human and constitutional...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe Colombia-Venezuela border crisis: the civilian backdrop
The Colombia-Venezuela border crisis' media coverage should focus on the affected populations rather than in a...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaTaking stock of ‘Progresismo’
As the cycle of Latin American progressive politics appears to be coming to an end, the weakened state of the social...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe Italian crisis is not Greek
The negotiations leading to a potential way out of the Greek crisis could have been an opportunity for Italy to deal...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBrazil´s Worker´s Party narrative: lost in the neoliberal labyrinth
Since 2014, Dilma Roussef’s government has adopted a strategy of polarisation between “left” and “right”....
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaChile’s dissatisfaction
The recent proliferation of corruption scandals show the sheer necessity of substantial reforms of the political...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMexico’s deadly truths
The brutal murder of photojournalist Rubén Espinosa is the latest in a long line of executions. But the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaA “velvet Grexit” is a trick. Argentina, Ecuador and Iceland prove default can work.
Temporary Eurozone exit plan is a smokescreen for shock doctrine tactics that would condemn the Greeks to perpetual...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEurope’s enemy is not the Greek crisis
A single currency implies a federal state, like the US or Brazil. The Greek crisis confronts Europe with its future....
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMexican winds and the need for community alternatives
Wind is a localised common resource, as copper or coal is. Its extraction should respect the property and...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaLula, from magician to sharp shooter
Lula is trying to break away from “his” Workers Party (PT) and to establish himself as a leader outraged by...